refactor: fix broken parsing of quoted values

Author: nmggithub

scripts/merge-mac-update-manifests.test.ts

@@ -84,4 +84,25 @@ releaseDate: '2026-03-07T10:36:07.540Z'
 
     assert.throws(() => mergeMacUpdateManifests(arm64, x64), /different versions/);
   });
+
+  it("preserves quoted scalars as strings", () => {
+    const manifest = parseMacUpdateManifest(
+      `version: '1.0'
+files:
+  - url: T3-Code-1.0-x64.zip
+    sha512: zipsha
+    size: 1
+releaseName: 'true'
+minimumSystemVersion: '13.0'
+stagingPercentage: 50
+releaseDate: '2026-03-07T10:36:07.540Z'
+`,
+      "latest-mac.yml",
+    );
+
+    assert.equal(manifest.version, "1.0");
+    assert.equal(manifest.extras.releaseName, "true");
+    assert.equal(manifest.extras.minimumSystemVersion, "13.0");
+    assert.equal(manifest.extras.stagingPercentage, 50);
+  });
 });

scripts/merge-mac-update-manifests.ts

@@ -55,7 +55,10 @@ function parseFileRecord(
 }
 
 function parseScalarValue(rawValue: string): MacUpdateScalar {
-  const value = stripSingleQuotes(rawValue.trim());
+  const trimmed = rawValue.trim();
+  const isQuoted = trimmed.startsWith("'") && trimmed.endsWith("'") && trimmed.length >= 2;
+  const value = isQuoted ? trimmed.slice(1, -1).replace(/''/g, "'") : trimmed;
+  if (isQuoted) return value;
   if (value === "true") return true;
   if (value === "false") return false;
   if (/^-?\d+(?:\.\d+)?$/.test(value)) {